Artisan Partners is pleased to announce, for the fourth year in a row, portfolio
managers David Samra and Dan O’Keefe of the firm’s Global Value team have been nominated for Morningstar, Inc.’s International-Stock Fund Manager of the Year award in the U.S.

Jim Hamel of the Artisan Partners Growth Team discusses key areas where his team is finding growth opportunities.

Artisan Partners has thrived in recent years. How has Artisan succeeded? First, by hiring investors who, by and large, already owned proven track records. The firm also has given them freedom to live where they want, build teams as they see fit, and close funds before they grow too large. Morningstar analysts take a closer look at some of those teams.

Artisan Partners is pleased to announce that for the second year in a row portfolio managers on both the Artisan Global Value and Artisan Global Equity teams have been nominated for Morningstar’s Manager of the Year Awards.

George Sertl, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Value Fund, Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund and Artisan Small Cap Value Fund discusses the importance of a company’s capital allocation and how it is factored into the team’s investment process.

George Sertl, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Value Fund, discusses why the Artisan Value Equity fund has large positions in both Apple and Samsung Electronics and why he thinks it is not “winner take all” in the global smartphone market.

Mark Yockey, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Global Equity and Artisan International Funds, discusses investment opportunities that are being driven by the global consumer.

Mark Yockey, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Global Equity and Artisan International Funds, discusses why domicile isn’t particularly relevant when looking for good companies to invest in on a global basis.

Mark Yockey, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Global Equity and Artisan International Funds, discusses how the investment team has evolved over the years.

Mark Yockey, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Global Equity and Artisan International Funds, discusses the troubled Japanese economy and the areas in Japan where the team is finding (and not finding) investment opportunities.

Artisan offers three mutual funds that invest significant portions of their assets in U.S. as well as foreign stocks. Though each boasts an impressive record of performance, they are managed by independent teams with their own methods of stock picking and portfolio construction.

The Artisan Global Equity team believes that its continued focus on high-quality growth companies and its commitment to its investment process have been key ingredients to its outperformance relative to the Index

Artisan Partners is pleased to announce portfolio managers on both the Artisan Global Value and Artisan Global Equity teams have been nominated for Morningstar’s International-Stock Fund Manager of the Year for 2012 in the U.S.

Featured Funds: Global Value, International, International Small Cap, International Value

Dan O’Keefe, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Global Value and Artisan International Value Funds, discusses some of the common mistakes value investors make.

Dan O’Keefe, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Global Value and Artisan International Value Funds, discusses how the market environment over the past several years has enabled the team to buy some of the world’s best “growth” companies at attractive valuations.

Artisan announced today the promotions of Charles-Henri
Hamker and Andrew J. Euretig on the firm’s Global Equity team.

Artisan Partners CEO Eric Colson provides an introduction to the firm and his perspective on what makes Artisan’s business model unique. Portfolio Managers Jim Kieffer and Dan O’Keefe talk about their approaches to value investing in the current market environment.

Mark Yockey discusses the global investing opportunities his team currently finds attractive.

Jim Kieffer, Portfolio Manager for Artisan Value, Mid Cap Value and Small Cap Value Funds, recently sat down with Steve Forbes to talk about recent performance and why he thinks Apple, Microsoft and Wal-Mart are stronger than investors may think.